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Report on stakeholder satisfaction survey for the parliament of the Republic of South Africa: phase two

Rule, S.; Parker, S.; Edelstein, I.; Davids, Y.D.; Houston, G.; Majikijela, Y.; Adonis, C.; Masilela, T. (2019-05-31)

The Administration of the National Parliament of the Republic of South Africa contracted the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to conduct research pertaining to the satisfaction of all stakeholders of Parliament during ...
Household and business adaptation to the 2016-2018 Western Cape drought

Rule, S.; Parker, S.; Majikijela, Y.; Lunga, W. (2019-09-11)

Water supply dam levels for the City of Cape Town dropped to their lowest levels in 100 years of recorded history in January 2018. Despite similar droughts in other parts of the country, Cape Town's prominence as an ...
Book review: Oyaya, C.O. and Poku,, N.K. 2018. The making of the constitution of Kenya: a century of struggle and the future of constitutionalism. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781472474568

Bohler-Muller, N. (Taylor and Francis, 2019-09-11)

It is seldom that one comes across a work of scholarship of such detail, depth and precision. This is especially the case when it comes to the complex and nuanced subject of constitution making in post-colonial Africa. ...
Public ethics standards should be upgraded to match those of the ANC's written constitution

Pienaar, G.; Cosser, M.; Bohler-Muller, N. (2019-09-11)

Despite Ace Magashules attempt to credit the ANC collective for the victory (which is not entirely inaccurate), several opinion polls before the election strongly indicated that Ramaphosas popularity comfortably exceeded ...
Reasons for leaving school and alcohol use among out of school youth in South Africa

Desai, R.; Mercken, L.; Ruiter, R.; Schepers, J.; Reddy, P. (2019-09-11)

After students drop out of school, their alcohol use may vary according to the reason for dropping out. In this paper, out of school youth (OSY) are those between 13-20 years old, have not completed their schooling, and ...
Race and identity in post-apartheid South Africa: making coloredness visible through poetic inquiry

Van Rooyen, H. (Vernon Press, 2019-09-10)

South Africa takes great pride in its vibrant and diverse democracy. But there is much-unfinished work in the new South Africa. During apartheid the label "colored" was applied to all people with mixed-race ancestry and ...
Contemporary Africa and the foreseeable world order

Onditi, F.; Ben-Nun, G.; D'Allesandro, C.; Levey, Z. (Lexington Books, 2019-09-09)

Contemporary Africa and the Foreseeable World Order sheds light on the place of 'Africa Agency'' in the competitive and changing global system. This book provides scholars, policymakers, and other stakeholders studying and ...
France's Africa relations: domination, continuity and contradiction

Check, N.A.; Adar, K.G.; Wingo, A. (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2019-09-09)

This edited book is a compendium of research work on France's contentious and sometimes complicated African policy. It attempts to assess France's policy issues that may have contributed or influenced the consistent economic, ...
Effectiveness of a health behavioural intervention aimed at reduction of risky sexual behaviours among young men in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Manyaapelo, T.; Van den Borne, B.; Ruiter, R.A.C.; Sifunda, S.; Reddy, P. (2019-09-04)

Two studies evaluating the same behavioural intervention were conducted in two areas in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa using a randomized pre-test post-test control group design for study 1 (peri-urban) and a ...
Re-imagining France's policies toward Africa in the twenty-first century

Check, N.A.; Adar, K.G.; Wingo, A. (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2019-09-04)

France is perhaps the only 'super power' to have a special relationship with its former colonies on the African continent, According to Schraeder, irrespective of the ideological angle from which France is led at any given ...
Navigating intimate sexual partnerships in an era of HIV: dimensions of couple relationship quality and satisfaction among adults in Eswatini and linkages to HIV risk

Ruark, A.; Green, E.C.; Nunn, A.; Kennedy, C.; Adams, A.; Dlamini-Simelane, T.; Surkan, P.J. (Taylor and Francis, 2019-09-04)

Couple relationship functioning impacts individual health and well-being, including HIV risk, but scant research has focused on emic understandings of relationship quality in African populations. We explored relationship ...
France and the evolution of sub-regional integration in Central Africa: the case of CEMAC

Check, N.A. (Africa Institute of South Africa, 2019-09-02)

Prior to 1870 French colonial possessions in Africa were limited to several offshore island and commercial enclaves on the coastal fringes of Central and West Africa. Several reasons accounted for this timid acquisition ...
Results of a couples-based randomized controlled trial aimed to increase testing for HIV

Darbes, L.A.; McGrath, N.M.; Hosegood, V.; Johnson, M.O.; Fritz, K.; Ngubane, T.; Van Rooyen, H. (Earthscan, 2019-09-02)

Although couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) is effective for facilitating mutual disclosure and linkage to HIV care, uptake remains low. Using a randomized controlled design, we tested the efficacy of a behavioral ...
Innovation for development in South Africa: experiences with basic service technologies in distressed municipalities.

Hart, T.G.B.; Booyens, I.; Sinyolo, S. (Taylor and Francis, 2019-09-02)

South Africas National Development Plan entrenches the importance of a capable developmental state for the countrys social and economic development. Likewise, the potential of science, technology and innovation to address ...
Lessons from Life Esidimeni apply to workplace: mentally impaired are entitled to dignity

Hart, T. (2019-04-04)

Prior to the closure of the the Life Esidimeni homes, which resulted in the deaths of at least 144 mentally impaired patients, families marched to the Gauteng Department of Health to hand over their memorandum to then ...
The retail sector growth, expansion, employment and income inequality: a case study of Shoprite and Pick 'n Pay in South Africa and Namibia

Mathekga, M.J.; Maciko, L. (2018-11-14)

The South African and Namibian economy is liberalised, and there is a movement of big companies from outside Africa to South Africa and Namibia. Some South African firms are operating in Namibia. Shoprite and Pick n Pay ...
Choice of language in education: do we know what South Africans want?

Gordon, S.L.; Harvey, J. (2019-01-21)

A key factor in providing quality education is the main language of instruction (M-LoI). This creates a challenging situation for education policymakers in post-colonial multilingual countries such as South Africa. ...
Unpacking policy gridlocks in Africa's development: an evolving agenda

Mugwawa, J.; Banda, G.; Bolo, M.O.; Kilonzo, S.; Mavhunga, C.; Mjimba, V.; Muza, O.; Teka, Z. (2019-01-24)

Policies are not an end in themselves, but deliberate systems of principles to guide decisions and achievement of rational outcomes. Many factors inherent in or transcending policy processes have dramatic consequences for ...
Institutionalising racial segregation in the South African school: the School Board Act, 1905

Soudien, C. (2019-01-24)

This essay attempts to show how the Social Darwinist thinking of white racial superiority, and so, ultimately, white supremacy, came to be institutionalised in law in South Africa. It looks specifically at the making and ...
The significance of new humanism for education and development

Soudien, C. (2019-01-24)

The purpose of this contribution is to consider what the significance of the new discussion taking place around humanism is for the ways in which we think about development and education. It attempts to hold the idea of ...

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